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Tuesday, 8 August 2017

Leningrad Guntruck

Contents: tactical-technical requirements for the installation of a 45 mm gun in a half-armoured ZIS-5 truck and production of 20 such trucks at the Izhor factory.

The Military Council of the Northern Front has decreed that:

The Izhor factory must produce 20 ZIS-5 half-armoured trucks prepared for the installation of a 45 mm gun by July 13th, 1941, with the following improvements and additions:

Add additional shields in front of the gun wheels to protect the crew from the front, but without limiting the gun's horizontal traverse.

Add seats for the crew and ammunition racks in the truck bed.

The 45 mm gun mount must allow for firing from the truck. At the same time, it must be possible to easily and quickly remove and install the gun, with removable metal stoppers underneath the mounts and a collapsible ramp for wheeling the gun into the truck bed.

Install an armoured container to hold a fuel tank. The placement is up to the designer.

ABTU Chief, Colonel Dementyev, must issue 20 ZIS-5 trucks for the Izhor factory within three days.

The Chief of the Artillery Directorate, Major-General Sviridov, must provide 45 mm guns for the half-armoured trucks produced at the Izhor factory.

Commander of the Norther Front, Lieutenant-General Popov

Member of the Military Council of the Northern Front, Corps Commissar Klementyev